"Railway" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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铁路 tiě lù railroad / railway / CL:條|条[tiao2]
京九铁路 Jīng Jiǔ Tiě lù JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
列车炮 liè chē pào railway
京广铁路 Jīng Guǎng Tiě lù Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
开通 kāi tōng to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service)
地铁 dì tiě underground railway / subway / subway train
全线 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
车门 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
铁道 tiě dào railway line / rail track
站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website
龙华 Lóng huá Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺[Long2 hua2 Si4] in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区[Long2 hua2 Qu1] of Shenzhen, Guangdong
北京站 běi jīng zhàn Beijing railway station
铁丝 tiě sī iron wire / CL:根[gen1] / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])
青藏铁路 Qīng Zàng tiě lù Qinghai-Tibet railway
接驳 jiē bó to access / to transfer passengers between two railway lines
月台 yuè tái railway platform
陇海 Lǒng Hǎi Jiangsu-Gansu railway / abbr. for 隴海鐵路|陇海铁路[Long3 Hai3 tie3 lu4]
国耻 guó chǐ national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
城铁 chéng tiě rapid transit system / urban railway
铁路线 tiě lù xiàn railway line
勿忘国耻 wù wàng guó chǐ Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
铺轨 pū guǐ to lay railway track
卧轨 wò guǐ to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
宝成铁路 Bǎo Chéng tiě lù Baoji-Chengdu Railway
兰新铁路 Lán xīn tiě lù Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway
九一八事变 Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
京哈铁路 Jīng Hā tiě lù Beijing-Harbin railway
京沪高铁 Jīng Hù gāo tiě Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
加拿大太平洋铁路 Jiā ná dà Tài píng yáng tiě lù Canadian Pacific Railway
广九铁路 Guǎng Jiǔ tiě lù Guangdong and Kowloon railway
抗日救亡运动 Kàng Rì Jiù wáng Yùn dòng the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变
柳条沟事变 liǔ tiáo gōu shì biàn the Mukden or Manchurian railway incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事变
沪宁铁路 Hù Níng tiě lù Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
站员 zhàn yuán station employee / railway clerk
网络铁路 wǎng luò tiě lù Network Rail (UK railway organization)
圣潘克勒斯站 shèng Pān kè lēi sī zhàn Saint Pancras (London railway station)
胶济铁路 Jiāo Jì tiě lù Jiaonan-Jinan railway
车里雅宾斯克 Chē lǐ yǎ bīn sī kè Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway
开站 kāi zhàn to put a new bus or railway station into operation
陇海铁路 Lǒng Hǎi tiě lù Jiangsu-Gansu railway
青藏铁路线 qīng zàng tiě lù xiàn Qinghai-Tibet Railway
鱼尾板 yú wěi bǎn fishplate (in railway engineering)
柳条湖事件 Liǔ tiáo Hú Shì jiàn the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiu3 Yi1 ba1 Shi4 bian4]
非洲铁路总计划  Railway Master Plan for Africa
亚洲铁路总计划  Asian Railway master plan
铁路运输理事会  Council on Railway Transport
亚太铁路合作小组 yà tài tiě lù hé zuò xiǎo zǔ Asia-Pacific Railway Cooperation Group
朝韩铁路  inter-Korean railway
跨欧铁路 kuà ōu tiě lù Trans-European Railway
国际铁路货运协定 guó jì tiě lù huò yùn xié dìng Agreement on International Railway Freight Communications
泛亚铁路网 fàn yà tiě lù wǎng trans-Asian railway network
阿拉伯马什雷克国际铁路网  Arab Mashreq International Railway Network
泛亚铁路网政府间协定  Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network
铁路连接协定  Railway Link Agreement
粤汉铁路 Yuè Hàn Tiě lù Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4]
绿皮车 lu:4 pí chē green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
侵限 qīn xiàn intrusion / perimeter breach / (esp.) (of a person or a foreign object) to breach the perimeter surrounding railway tracks
路堑 lù qiàn (civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)
和谐号 Hé xié Hào CRH-series high-speed trains operated by China Railway
路段 lù duàn stretch of road / section of a highway or railway
北车 Běi chē (coll.) Taipei Railway Station (abbr. for 台北車站|台北车站[Tai2 bei3 Che1 zhan4]) (Tw)
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